Share of a region's people, and share of its babies — country by country. A younger population punches above its weight; an older one accounts for fewer births than its size suggests.
Region
Share of residents and of births · 2023
South America
Where the births are
birthrate.io
People
437.8M
437,788,241 residents
Births
5.7M
5,681,620 births · 2023
Share of residents · 2025
Total 437.8M
Share of births · 2023
Total 5.7M
Population: World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL). Births: UN World Population Prospects annual birth counts (via Our World in Data), latest non-projected year — not population × crude birth rate.
birthrate.io/population/shares?region=southamerica
Younger age structures punch above their population share.
Lower fertility or older age structure — fewer births than their population share.
Δ is birth share minus population share, in percentage points.
| Country | People | Pop % | Births | Birth % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 212.8M | 48.6 | 2.6M | 45.8 | -2.8 |
| Colombia | 53.4M | 12.2 | 705K | 12.4 | +0.2 |
| Argentina | 45.9M | 10.5 | 503.8K | 8.9 | -1.6 |
| Peru | 34.6M | 7.9 | 539.6K | 9.5 | +1.6 |
| Venezuela | 28.5M | 6.5 | 427K | 7.5 | +1.0 |
| Chile | 19.9M | 4.5 | 176.2K | 3.1 | -1.4 |
| Ecuador | 18.3M | 4.2 | 270.3K | 4.8 | +0.6 |
| Bolivia | 12.6M | 2.9 | 260.2K | 4.6 | +1.7 |
| Paraguay | 7M | 1.6 | 136.8K | 2.4 | +0.8 |
| Uruguay | 3.4M | 0.8 | 33.4K | 0.6 | -0.2 |
| Guyana | 836K | 0.2 | 16.8K | 0.3 | +0.1 |
| Suriname | 639.9K | 0.1 | 10.9K | 0.2 | +0.0 |